Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,750, William Gardner, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Gardner William Margaret
W. 1.750 B.L. Wt. 8387-160-55
CONTENTS

To Albany Feb 4th 1825 July 6 1837 - Letter from W. S. Jackson Repnt
Entered on the Roll at the rate of Dollars 80 Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued 20 day of June 1837 and sent to
John W. H. Jackson John H. Jackson
Entered on Roll of Pensioners under Act of July 9, 1848, Page 115 Vol. 1
John H. Jackson

8659 4
New York
William Gardner
Elmira in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dunham of the Connecticut line, for the term of three years 1778
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of April 1819 and delivered to Van Sant & Rockwell Washington City
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 13 3/4 / 70  12 3/4 $ 85.03
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819. $ 48
$133.03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent Nov 8 th 1820 to Col. Hale Elmira N.Y.

67.825
Act March 3/54 April 18/55
Margaret Gardner widow of
William Gardner Pre
capt John Fitch one John Fitch Connecticut State
St. Joseph's line
War of Revolution
See previous. Act 1848
July 48-593
Ad: 160 Dec 16 1855
[Signature]
Th. Maxwell Elmira New York
Vol. G. B. 6

New York William Gardner application for Pension Cats
Not entitled to Land.
Connecticut Line -
New York roll
def? by N. A. Van Zandt
See Court Master's roll Col. Duer's H. reg t
1777-3 years
Correct
July 30 th 1818.

State of New York Tioga County ss. William Gardner of the Town of China in the county of Tioga in the State of New York being duly sworn deposes and saith that he this deponent was an enlisted soldier in the regular Army of the United States during the war of the revolution and the continental establishment, that this deponent enlisted in the said Army on the eleventh day of February one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven for the term of three years in Captain Andrew Fitch's company, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Dwyer, (he thinks the fourth) in the Connecticut line of said Army, and that this deponent served as such soldier in the said Army in the said in the said war of the revolution against the common enemy for and during the term of his aforesaid enlistment, and at the end thereof was honorable discharged from the said service. And this deponent further saith that in the year seven hundred and eighty three the dwelling house of this deponent situate at Lyons  Wyoming in the State of Pennsylvania was by accident destroyed by fire and his aforesaid discharge (together with all other articles therein) consumed, by means whereof this deponent is unable to produce his said discharge And this deponent further saith that he is not a resident citizen of the United States residing in the town county and State first aforesaid, and that by reason of his absence

circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support. And that there is no other evidence other than that herein before stated, in the power of this deponent relative to the premises aforesaid -
his William X Gardner mark
State of New York Tioga County ss: I do hereby certify that on the sixteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen personally appeared me Caleb Baker Esquire one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Tioga in the State of New York William Gardner a person to me well known, who made and subscribed before me the foregoing oath, and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Gardner served in the Revolutionary war as is stated in the said oath against the common enemy, all which I do hereby certify accordingly to the secretary of the department of war - And I do also certify that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support -
Caleb Baker
State of New York Tioga County ss: I do hereby certify that Caleb Baker in the foregoing certificate named above is, and at the date of the said certificate was a judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Tioga in the State of New York, and that full faith and

credit are to be given to his acts as such and that the above signature of the person found in the said book and ledger ^ In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed this 21 st day of April 1878.
I.S.
Thos. G. [unclear] Clerk

District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 25 th day of July  1820 , the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court William Gardner aged Seventy years, resident in the Town of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield, in said State, and being first duly  sworn according to Law, doth declare on his oath, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: Viz. in Capt Sam l Hoyts Company, Com d Phillip B Bradley's Regiment in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment as will more fully appear in his original declaration of 2 nd April 1818 now in the office of the department of war, & served in the Army of the United States from the time of my enlistment which was in the Month of Jan. 1777 until the close of the revolutionary war
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, was dated the 2 nd day of April  1818 that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 897 — And I do further solemnly
Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation has been that of a cooper but from my advanced age & weakness of body am unable to pursue it or do any kind of labour towards contributing to my support and that I have a family residing with me consisting of my wife Hannah, aged fifty six years, of a weakly constitution & unable to do but little towards her support. A son Henry aged twelve years, subject to fits and otherwise weakly and unable to do any thing towards contributing to his support —
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
William Gardner
Sworn to and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is Thirty five Dollars and ———— Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest David Burr (Clerk)

At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 25 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the Laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, William Gardner — — — a resident in the Town of Norwalk — — — — — in the County of Fairfield, in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Oath — — — that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.
1 Table — 1 Chest — 6 Chairs — 1 Iron pot — 1 Tea kettle 1 peel & longs — 1 trammel — 4 plates — 3 cups & saucers 6 knives & forks — 4 platters — 1 wash tub — 1 pail — 1 frying pan 1 small looking Glass — 1 spinning & 1 large wheel — 1 Reel 2 earthen bowls — 1 ax — 1 hoe — and the use of a small House on the Common highway — William Gardner —

13462 Declaration of Margaret Gardner for a Pension
at 7 July 1838 Residence 1838
John Schodnick. General says his wife is 62 years old and that his eldest son, John 28 years 5 months old. John and Anna are his children the mother of the child

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to Certain Widows" and Acts subsequent thereto.
State of Pennsylvania Bradford County
On this the fourth day of December A D 1848 personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County in Open Court before the Hon John A. Conyngton President Judge, Mrs Margaret Gardner, a resident of the Township of Warren in the County of Bradford State of Pennsylvania age seventy five (75) years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 Entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" — That she is the widow of William Gardner who was a Soldier in the Revolution and for his services drew a pension from the United States at the rate of ninety six Dollars per Annum, residing at the time of being placed on the pension roll in the County of Tioga (now Chemung) in the State of New York. She has no documentary or record evidence of his services, but for proof thereof she refers to the evidence on file in the Pension office substantiating his claim to a pension under the act of March 18 th 1818. She further declares that she was married to the said William Gardner in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety (1794) (of memory can not recollect the day or month) by William Jenkins Esqr a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Southport, Chemung County (then Tioga) State of New York. That her husband the aforesaid William Gardner died on the twelfth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty three. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four; viz, in the year above stated. She further swears that she now is a widow, and that she never before made any application for a pension.
Witness
Matthew G. Elstree
Martha J. Allen
Margaret her X Gardner mark

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss
On this the fourth day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight, before me John A. Canyngham, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County, personally came Margaret Gundersen and being sworn and examined in open court, stated on her oath that she is the Margaret Gundersen named in the within disputation and that the facts set forth are true, And I certify that the word "five" after the word seventy was erased and the word "two" after the word ninety was inserted and the word "three" after the word twenty was altered from two, which were so altered after her examination and before the attaching of this certificate.
John A. Canyngham P. J. Judge
State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss
I Allen McKean Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County do hereby certify that John A. Canyngham before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is the President Judge of the 13 th Judicial District including the County of Bradford aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, And that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Towanda this 16 th day of December A.D. 1848
Allen McKean Protho By N. J. Keeler Deputy

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County
Mrs Margaret Gardner of the Township of Warren in the County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, Widow of William Gardner deceased, in addition to the declaration made by her, for the purpose of obtaining a pension as the Widow of said Gardner, which, with other papers, has been presented at the Pension Office at Washington, makes the following statement of facts, That her Husband the said William Gardner resided at the time of his death (said to be) in Tioga County (now Chemung) in the State of New York, and she thinks due a pension for three years before his death, as a soldier of the Revolutionary war. And she thinks he died twenty six years ago last October, she is the second wife of the said William Gardner - his first Wife died about a year before she was married to the said William Gardner and that he had seven children five of whom were living at the time she married him namely Polly, Matthys, Almon, Mathew and Stephen three of whom have died since in the said Town of Southport and that she had eleven children by the said William Gardner, namely, Hannah, Lydia, George, Sally Ann, Elisabeth, Pery, David, Clarissa John and Isaac one was still born, seven of which are now living, she does not now recollect the names of the officers under whom her husband served nor the line to which he was attached from what her husband has told, she understood from her husband that he was born and brought up in New London in the State of Connecticut. To which statement she has set her hand on this the 23 rd day of May A D One thousand Eight Hundred and forty nine
In presence of H. H. Patrick L. H. Sherman
Margaret Gardner mark

State of Pennsylvania Bedford County ss
On this the 23 rd day of May A D one thousand Eight Hundred and fifty nine personally appeared before the Sub- Scriber a justice of the peace in and for said County Margaret Gardner and after being duly sworn says that the facts set forth in her statement here to annexed are true.
L H Sherman Justice of the Peace

67. 586
Margaret Gardner widow of Wm Gardner a revolutionary pensioner herself a pensioner under act of May 48
claim for Bounty land under act of March 3. 1855
Revolutionary War
Thos. Russell Atty Elmira N.Y.

State of New York Chemung County ss On the 7 th day of April 1855 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the said County, personally appeared Margaret Gardner, a resident of the said County who being duly sworn according to law declares upon oath that her age is about eighty years: that she is the widow of William Gardner late of said County deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the Re- bellion, in the Company commanded by Capt John Fitch in the 4 th Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Col John Durglee, for which service (being more than fourteen days) he rec d a pension Certificate No 8659 under the act of 1818 placing him on the Pension Roll of the New York Agency at Ninety six dollars per annum:
That she herself is now in the receipt of a Pension of Ninety six dollars per year under the act of July _____ 1848 by Certificate No 593 dated June 20. 1850 signed J. Ewing Secretary of the Interior and countersigned J. L. Edwards Com r of Pensions
That she was married to the said William Gardner on the last day of December 1793 as will appear by the proofs of her marriage appended to her application for a pension originally made under act of 7 July 1838 and allowed under the act of 1848. She cannot again produce the proofs in consequence of the death of the witnesses.
Her husband the said William Gardner died on the 16 th November 1823. Her name before marriage was Margaret Hammond. and she still remains a widow. She makes this declaration to obtain the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the

act of Congress approved 3 rd March 1855 and declares that she has not applied for or rec d Bounty Land under any other act, or applied before under the act under which she now applies.
Witness my Theophilus C. W. Durr
Margaret X Gardner
We Charles W Durr & William S Ingals residents of the County of Chemung & State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Margaret Gardner in our presence, that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the person she represents herself to be. That she are personally acquainted with her & know her to be still a widow —
C. W. Durr Wm S Ingals
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written: and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons: that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be: and that I have no interest in this claim —
J. McCarroll JP Chemung Co. NY
On the same day before me appeared Michael Ferdis a resident of the County & State aforesaid aged 64 years who being sworn says that he was acquainted with William Gardner the revolutionary pensioner above mentioned in his life time, that from his best recollection he died about thirty years ago: that Margaret Gardner above named was generally

reported to be his wife, and that he is well acquainted with her before & since her husband's death & she still remains a widow
Michael Ferdig
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 7 th April 1855 the said Michael Ferdig being personally known to me to be a credible & disinterested witness
Thomas M c Call JP Chemung Co NY
State of New York Chemung County Clerk's Office To J. A. F. Babcock Clerk of said County do certify that Thomas M c Call before whom the above declaration & affidavits were made was at the date thereof a justice of the peace of said County duly qualified and that his signatures above subscribed are genuine. Witness my hand & Seal of Office April 9 th 1855.
A. F. Babcock Clerk Chemung Co.

State of New York
Chemung County ss:
Jonathan Jenkins of the town of Southport in said county of Chemung being duly sworn says that he has been a resident of this town of Southport aforesaid for about forty eight years was acquainted with William Gardiner late deceased who at the time of his death was a resident of said town & was a resident thereof for more than forty eight years according to the deponent's knowledge & was said to have been a resident thereof for many years before deponent knew him.
Also that the said William Gardiner drew in his lifetime a pension to the amount of thirty six dollars for several years previous to his death.
Also that he is acquainted with Margaret Gardiner widow of the said William Gardiner whose maiden name was Margaret Hammond & that the said Margaret is still a widow & never has since been married. Also he never knew any other person in this said town by the name of William Gardiner. Also that the said County of Chemung has been set apart from the County of Tioga since the death of the said William Gardiner. Also that the said Margaret Gardiner now resides at in the town of Warren in the County of Bradford State of Pennsylvania & that she is still living & is endeavoring to obtain a pension from the United States as the widow of the said William Gardiner. Sworn & Subscribed Before me Jonathan Jenkins This 24 th day of February 1849 William P. Kirtland Justice of the Peace of Chemung Co.

I hereby certify that I know Jonathan Jenkins the person who made the within affidavit have known him for several years & that he is a man who is entitled to belief that he is a man of respectability & good standing in community & whose testimony in any court in this county would be entitled to belief -
William P. Knoble
State of New York Chenango County
Judge of the Peace of Chenango Co
I Green M Tuttle Clerk of said County do certify that William P Knoble Esq before whom the within affidavit was taken & who also subscribed to the above certificate was on the date of the sworn affidavit a Judge of the peace in & for said County & duly authorized to act as such. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & hereby believe his signature subscribed thereto is genuine. Witness my hand and seal of said County the 24th day of February 1849
Green M Tuttle Clerk

State of New York
Chautauqua County
John Sly of the town of Southport in said County being duly sworn says. That he has been a resident of this town of Southport of some time for fifty eight years last past & was ever acquainted with the late William Gardiner of Southport you said & am also well acquainted with Margaret Gardiner the wife of said William Gardiner whose maiden name was Margaret Hammond & it was generally understood & known that the said William Gardiner had drawn in his life time a pension from the United States also that the said Margaret Gardiner is now living & is the widow of the said William Gardiner deceased
Also that the said County of Chautauqua has been set off from the County of Ithaca since the death of the said William Gardiner also that the said William Gardiner drew thirty six dollars as the amount of his said pension & that said Gardiner served during the Revolutionary war. Also that he knew of no other person by the name of William Gardiner who drew any pension as he verily believes
Sworn & Subscribed Before me This 20 th day of February 1844 William P. Knapp Justice of the Peace of Chautauqua Co.
John Sly

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with John Fly of the town of Southport & who made the within affidavit & that he is entitled to credit & being that he is a man of respectability & good standing in the community in which he lives -
William P. Ronkle Justice of the Peace of Chemung Co.
State of New York Chemung County I Green M. Tuttle Clerk of said County do certify that William P. Ronkle Esq. before whome the within affidavit was taken whose name appear subscribed to the above certificate was on the day of taking said affidavit & signing the above certificate a Justice of the peace in and for said County and duly authorized to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & hereby believe his signature subscribed there to is genuine - Witness my hand and seal of said County this 24 th day of Febry 1849 Green M. Tuttle Clk

State of New York Chemung County ss. } Thomas Maxwell of said County aged fifty seven years and upwards, said being sworn says that he has resided in the County of Tioga New York (now Chemung) since the year 1796. That he knew William Gardner the revo- lutionary pensioner named in the paper annexed from his boyhood: that he knows that he was a Pensioner as he assisted in making out his declara- tion in 1818 & the subsequent papers required by the act of 1820: That as near as he can now recollect the said Gardner died in 1822 or 1823. That from papers in the possession of this deponent it appears that the services for which said Gardner claimed & received a pension were rendered in the 4 th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. John Durkee in the company commanded by Capt. Andrew Fitch. That he was also well acquainted with the reputed wife of the said Gardner whose maiden name as the deponent has always understood was Marg- aret Hammon. They resided together as husband & wife & he never heard the fact of their legal marriage disputed. The said Margaret as the deponent verily believes is still living & still continues the widow of the said William Gardner —
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 1 st day of March 1849.
Th. Maxwell
William P. Knapp Justice of the Peace of Chemung Co

Channing County p: I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Thos Maxwell who made the within affidavit I know him to be a creditable & disinterested witness — Dated Elmira March 1 st 1849 William P. Rousee Justice of the Peace of Channing County
State of New York } Channing County } G. A. Green M c Intire clerk of said County do hereby certify that William P. Rousee before whom the within affidavit was taken & whose name & whose name appears subscribed to the above certificate was on the day of taking such affidavit & signing the above certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and merely believe that the signature subscribed there was genuine
Given Testimony when of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 1 st day of March A D 1849
Green M c Intire Clerk

Dec 28 th
Margaret Gardner M rs at 38
By Allie Hon Jos Edwards Dana Thos Hapwell Gloucester N.Y. William King Jr

Elmira Dec 24. 1849
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
I now forward supplementary affidavits in the case of Margaret Gardner an applicant for a Pension under the act of July 7 1838
In the copy of your letter to H. W. Patrick Esq of Athens dated 8 Sept last you say that the husband Wm Garner, "In his schedule in 1820 he states that his wife is 42 years old " and that his son Matthias with whom he was then living was 28 years old. The other children named in the schedule were much younger than Matthias. It would appear from this statement that Mrs Gardner was born in 1780 . & that Matthias was born in 1792: This would shew that at the time she alleges she was married she was but 12 years old !!
Permit me here to call your attention to an error in the subtraction, as you have it above. If she was 42 years old in 1820, she must have been born in 1778 instead of 1780 - deduct 42 from 1820. the product is 1778 - 1820 42 1778.
The evidence of Mrs Gardner shews from calculation that she was something over 15 & not yet 16 when married - born in 1778 she was 15 in March 1793 & was married to Gardner in the following December -
As further proof of an error in the statement of the age of Matthias in the schedule of 1820 I produce the affidavits of John Sly & his wife, who took him at eleven years of age & brought him up. Mr Sly refers to a lease of the ferry in 1797 to aid his memory and states

That when Nahab took the ferry lease Matthias was living with him - So that when the Schedule of 1820 was made he was 34 instead of 28 and must have been born in 1786 instead of 1792. You have the additional proof of the marriage in the aff t of Mr. Tubbs. The statement of Archibald Jenkins the nephew & Executor of William Jenkins the magistrate who married Gardner, that he kept no record of marriages, & that he has frequently heard him say that he performed the marriage ceremony. These witnesses have all resided in the same neighborhood within my own knowledge for more than 50 years & their credibility will be vouched for by the Hon. W. T. Jackson the member of Congress from the District who will call on you.
It appears to me that the case is now sufficiently clear to place the applicant on the Roll. It has been in the hands of various persons & may have been managed with a want of proper skill & knowledge, but from my own knowledge of all the parties I have no doubt of her right to a pension. She is poor and in a most unpleasant situation, living among her acquaintances a few days at a time: hence a speedy adjudication is very desirable.
Respectfully G. Hobbs Th. Maxwell

Jan 17/40
Margaret Gardner
Das 38
Mr Army
No 696 Phil
Margaret Gardner Mrs of William Pa
act 29 May 1848
Manner before 1800 Mustard due 1823
Admrs $96 00 Am by 4 March 1848
John Mark
Hon W.T. Jackson
W.T. Jackson
H. of the (Maxwell) Hon W.T. Jackson House of Reps

Elmira 10 June 1850
Dr Sir I have just rec d yours enclosing the certificates of Mr Griswold & that of Mr Losey. Also the letter of Mr Edwards of the 6 th inst. stating that in the case of Margaret Gardner, who it is alleged was married in Decem r 1793 , 'the date approximates so nearly to the period limited by the act, of 7 July 1838, that record or documentary evidence of the marriage is indispensably necessary' &c.
As I understand the regulations, documentary evidence of the marriage is first required - In the absence of that, & proof that search has been made for it without success, the evidence of personal witnesses present at the marriage may be introduced &c. In this case we shew by the nephew of the magistrate, brought up via his family, (present also at the marriage) that the justice kept no docket of marriages: that he is Executor of the magistrate, having possession of his docket, in which he has searched, & can find no register of marriage, in any case; he also swears that he has frequently heard his uncle, say that he married the parties: we also prove by others, the time of the marriage. It seems to me that we bring ourselves within the rule; and if the proof is good under the last act , it is equally so under the first . I suspect it is not so much the time as the amount to which this case approximates , that is the objection -
But Mr Edwards offers to place her on the roll under the last act if she assents to it. My power to act for her is on file with the supplementary papers in the case -
As she has but to choose, between this offer , and the Poor house , I will accept for her the proffer of Mr Edwards, and request that you will procure the certificate & send it to me. This letter, I suppose should be filed in the Pension Office.
Very Respectfully
To you
H. Massmill

State of New York Chemung County
On this the seventeenth day of October A.D. 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County of Chemung, and duly authorized by law to administer oaths and affirmations, Caleb Baker a resident of Southport in said County of Chemung and who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say, that he is eighty three years of age, that he has resided in Southport in said County of Chemung for sixty one years, and says that he is well acquainted with Margaret Gardner Widow of William Gardner a soldier in the revolutionary war, he knew her before and after she was married to the said William Gardner, her maiden name was Margaret Hammon and she lived in the Town of Southport in said County previous to her marriage with the said William Gardner which was in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety two as he believes from the circumstance of his own marriage having taken place in the same year viz one thousand seven seven hundred and ninety two and that he now recollects that the said Margaret and the said William were married within a few months of his own marriage

And that he has been acquainted with the said Margaret from the time of her said marriage with the said William Gardner and that she lived with him as his wife until his death, which was about the year one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty two the said Barker says his recollection as to the death of her Gardner is indefinite
Caleb Barker
Sworn, and subscribed to before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace for the Town of Southport County of Chemung on this the day and date first above mentioned
And I do hereby certify that the above named Caleb Barker is a person of the first standing in community and is entitled credit and respect
J. W. Baldwin, Jr. Justice of the peace in Chemung County.

State of New York } Chemung County } ss. I Green M. Tuttle clerk of the said county and also clerk of the courts in and for said county do hereby certify that John Baldwin for whose name is subscribed to the annexed deposition and thereon written was at the date of the said deposition a justice of the peace in and for said county dwelling in the said county compromised and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and very believe the signature to the annexed instrument is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this 21 st day of November AD 1848
Newell Tuttle Clk

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County
On this the ninth day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Bradford ed and authorized to administer oaths and affirmations personally came Nathan G. Elsbree and being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is twenty two years of age that he now resides in the Township of Athens County of Bradford State of Pennsylvania that he has made close search for the dogget of William Jenkins Esq of Chemung County State of New York now deceased. The said Jenkins Esq. has been dead about two years, that the dogget of said Jenkins can not be found. that he has also made search in the Town clerk's office of the Township of Southport and he has also search -ed the record of the County Clerks Office of the County of Chemung State of New York and that there is no record evidence of their "William Gardner and Margaret Gardner's" marriage to be found neither in the Clerks office

of the Township of Southport Chemung County State of New York, nor in the County Clerks Office of the County of Chemung State of New York that he has not after close search been able to find any record evidence of the " marriage " marriage of the said William Gardner and Margaret Gardner in any of the places aforesaid or any where else
Sworn and subscribed { Nathan C. Elsbree before me this day 9 th 1885
L. 1-1 Shuman D.
And I do hereby certify that the said Elsbree is a person of unexceptional character and his word is entitled to entire credit and belief
L. 1-1 Shuman

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss.
I Allen M c Rean Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that L. H. Sherman before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is a Justice of the Pleas in & for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Towanda this 16 th day of December A.D. 1848.
Allen M c Rean Protho By N. J. Keeler Deputy

State of New York Chemung County ss
On this the seventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Chemung and authorized to administer oaths and affirma- -tions personally came Archibald Perkins and being duly sworn according to law oath on his oath say that he is sixty six years old that he has resided in the Township of Elmira in said County for thirty six years now says that he is well acquainted with Margaret Gardner Widow of William Gardner whose maiden name was Margaret Hammond and that in the year seventeen hundred and ninety two as he believes he saw them married (the said William and the said Margaret) that the said William and Margaret were married by William Perkins Esquire a Justice of the Peace in the town of South Fort Chemung County then (Tioga County) State of New York, and that the said William Gardner husband of the said

Margaret drew a pension for some time previous to his the said Gardner death of ninety six dollars and that the said Margaret and William were married when the said Margaret was very young, viz, "about fourteen years old" and that the said Jenkins was also very young at the time the said William and Margaret were married and that the said Margaret is now the widow of the the said Gardner and the same person as now trying to obtain a pension, and that the said William Jenkins Esq. the Justice of the Peace that married the said William and Margaret has been dead about two years Given & subscribed Archibald Jenkins This 7 th day of December 1848 before me { Wm Foster Justice of the Peace of Chemung Co
I further Certify that the above named Archibald Jenkins is a man of unaccept- tionable character & whose words is intitled to entire credit Wm Foster J.P.

State of New York
Chenango County ss I do certify that William Horton Esq whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the preceding affidavit was on the day of taking said affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly sworn according to law; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed thereto is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 7th day of December 1848
Green M. Tuttle Clk

State of New York Chemung County Clerk's Office } ss
I Green M. Tuttle Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that there is no evidence of the marriage of William Garneau & Margaret Garneau Recorded in this Office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of the said County this 17 th day of October A.D. 1848
G. M. Tuttle Clerk

State of New York Chemung County ss
On this the seventeenth day of October One Thousand Eight hundred and forty eight before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Chemung and authorized to administer oaths and affirmations, personally came Jonathan Jenkins and being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is sixty five years old that he has resided in Southport in said County for forty seven  eight years and says he is well acquainted with Margaret Gardner, widow of William Gardner a soldier of the revolution and a pensioner, and that the said William and Margaret Gardner now reputedly as married when the said Jenkins emigrated to the Town of Southport County and State aforesaid and had a number of children at that time and several children after he said Jenkins moved into said Town of Southport and that said William Gardner drew a pension for some time previous to his death and that the said Margaret Gardner is the widow of said William Gardner and the same as now trying to get a pension. Jonathan Jenkins
Sworn and subscribed to on this the day and date first above mentioned before me a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Southport.
And I do hereby certify that I have been (and am now) acquainted with the said Jonathan Jenkins and that he is deserving of credit
J. P. Baldwin, Jr. Justice of the Peace. Chemung Co.

State of New York Chemung County I, S. Green M c Intire clerk of the said county and also clerk of the courts in and for said county do hereby certify that John Baldwin for whose name is subscribed to the annexed deposition and therein written was at the date of the said depo- -sition a Justice of the Peace in and for said county dwelling in said county commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and truly believe that the signature to the annexed instrument is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this 21 st day of November A D 1848
S. Green M c Intire Clerk

State of New York Chenango County
On this the seventeenth day of October One thousand Eight hundred and fifty Eight before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County of Chenango, and authorized to admin- ister Oaths and Affirmations, personally came Hamilton Dibble and being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath say that he is seventy one years of age, that he has resided in Southport in said County for fifty four years, and says that he is well acquainted with Margaret Gardner, whose maiden name was Margaret Hammond and that in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety two as he believes, she was married to William Gardner, who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and a pensioner, he says he is well acquainted with Caleb Baker and recollects the time of his marriage and knows that the said Margaret married the said William Gardner a short time before they were married, thinks it was but a few months before - and he further says that he was acquainted with the said Margaret previous to her marriage with the said William Gardner and since, and that they lived together, as man & wife, from the time of their marriage up to the death of her husband the said William Gardner which he thinks, was about

the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, and that he has been acquainted with the said Margaret since the death of her husband and knows her to be the same person now endeavoring to obtain a pension, as the widow of the said William Gunders deceased. And he further says that the said Caleb Baker is a resident of Southport and has been to his knowledge since the year seventeen hundred ninety and that the said Margaret Gunders widow of the said William Gunders now resides in the Township of Warren in the County of Bedford State of Pennsylvania
Hamilton Tibbs
Sworne & subscribed to before me on the day & date first above mentioned And I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Hamilton Tibbs for twelve years and know him to be a man of the first standing in society and entitled to credit and belief
J. O. Baldwin, Jr. Justice of The peace, Chemung Co.

State of New York Chemung County } ss. I Green M Tuttle clerk of the said county and also Clerk of the courts in and for said county do hereby certify that John Baldwin Jr whose name is subscribed to the annexed deposition and thereon written was at the date of the said deposition a Justice of the Peace in and for said county dwelling in said county commissioned and sworn and duly author- ized to take the same. I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the annexed instrument is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county this 21 st day of Nov 1848 Green M Tuttle Clk

Payable on the 4 th March and 4 th Sept. of each year at the U.S. Branch Bank in Middletown -
Recorded
William Gardner

WAR DEPARTMENT,
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March, 1818, William Gardner,
_____ late a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of Eight dollars _____ cents per month, to commence on the 2 nd day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this a 6 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War

Daniel Daly, Vineyard - Va - 17 March 1819 Recd. 22 March 1819
Virginian roll
W. Edwards has Mem o . to answer - 24 March 1819.
See entry 10 th July 1818.
Paper del d pension Office as correct 6 Oct: 1818 -
del d to Van Landt & D Rockwell of Washing ton City -

Vineyard V. 17 March
Free Land & Liberty
Nicholas P. Vangundy Washington City D.C.

Vineyard V o 17 th March 189.
Dr Sir
I am requested by one of my Neighbours to enquire of you what price can's be obtained at Washington for Soldiers Bounty Lands in the Illinois Territory
If the fate of Mr Wallers application for a pension is decided as you will be so good as to communicate to me the result and oblige
Yr. Mo. Ob d
Daniel Daly

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Washington City Jan'y 8. 1829
Col. J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir:
Enclosed are the papers upon which Margaret Gordon makes application for a pension. Yours with much oblige me by giving her soon an early examination.
Yours truly D. Milnes

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm of Pensions

Athens May 23 rd 1849
J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Sir
Enclosed I send you some additional papers in aid of those already sent, for Mrs. Morgan Gardner to enable her to draw a pension as the widow of William Gardner deceased. The papers now on file in your office were handed you by the Hon. David Wilmot, to whom I gave them. And from a line from the office to him, I learned that some other particulars were wanting to enable her to draw a pension, which I believe the papers now enclosed fully meet. Mrs. Gardner is needy and in very destitute circumstances, and it will be a great blessing to her to receive the amount which I believe she is entitled to.
With great respect Your obedt Servt
H. W. Patrick

Chemung County State of New York ss
I do hereby certify that I Hiram T Smith have on this the twenty -nth day October in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty eight Examined the records of the Town of Southport Chemung County State of New York and do not find thereon recorded the marriage of William and Mar- -get Garnier
Hiram T Smith Town Clerk

Athens Pa Feb y 26 th 49
Sir
I have just rec d your line to the Hon David Wilmot in regard to the application of Mrs Margaret Gardner to obtain a Pension in which you state it is necessary for her to make more proof as to her being the widow of William Gardner, and her statement as to the place of her husband's death and his residence at the time of his application &c more full. I write for the purpose of making the enquiry of you, to know whether it will be necessary to make out a new declaration, and proved in open Court, or will her statement verified in due form before a justice of the peace be sufficient. If the latter will answer it will save some trouble as there is no Court in this County till May
The other proof required as to her identity can be got at once - Please write me on the subject
J L Edwards - With Respect &c K. W. Patricks

Ms. WIDOW, &c.
No. 1750
Margaret Gardner Widow
William Gardner Rev. Rev. Ware
Act July 29, 1848.
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Mr. Wm. Lloyd Barnes of the county of ... State of ... Jackson

Margaret Fuller
6. 9. 44
Dear
Corwards
Count of Pinkerton
Washington
Wm
Mr. Pinkerton 157 Nassau St New York

No. 67835
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 13, 1855.
William Gardner Rev. War
Warrant 8387-160-55
Dr. Hapwell China
NY

Elmira NY
Oct 31. 1829
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Sir.
I have just been called upon by Mrs. Margaret Gardner, the widow of William Gardner deceased who was a pensioner on the New York Roll as a private at $96 pr. year: placed on the roll on the 1 st April 1819 commencing 16 April 1818. He has been dead some 25 years. Her papers as I learn from her were placed in the hands of a Mr. Patrick of Athens Penn a who says to her that they were forwarded to Washington. From the story the old lady relates it would seem that her case is a very hard one. That the agent employed by her one Eldredge tells her that she will be entitled to about 13 years back pay but that he can only pay her $100 if he receives it. Such a demand is outrageous & I presume the Department will not permit her to be thus swindled if it can be prevented. I have known this old lady more than 40 years & have no doubt of her right to a pension if the papers are properly presented. She proposes to revoke the power to her former agent & place the matter in my hands. I do not make a practice of interfering with business committed to others, but in a case of such glaring imposition as she represents this to be, am willing to do so
Will you do her the favor to inform me how the application stands & if any objections exist against it what they are & what is required to enable her to be placed on the roll.
Very Respectfully
Yr Ob st Serv t
J. K. Macwill

William Gardner
Capt. Ward
On

State of Connecticut, ss.
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is of William Gardner is thirty five - Dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 25 th day of July 1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 25:1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

Wm. Gardner 2nd Love
Ch. R. Brantley Capt. Hoyle

District of Connecticut ss Sternfore the 28 th Day of April I Sam. W Johnson is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County in said District do Certify that the testimony & proceedings had before me on the appli- cation of William Gardner of Norwalk in said District for a Pension under an act of Congress approved the 18 th Day of April A D 1818 appears at large on this & the following pages of this sheet Sam W Johnson
District of Connecticut ss Sternfore April 28 th 1818 William Gardner of Norwalk in said District under oath doth declare before Samuel W Johnson Esq r Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County in said District that in the month of Jan y A D 1777 he enlisted into the service of the United States in a company commanded by Capt Sam l Houst now Dead in a Regt commanded by Col l Philip B Bradley in the Connecticut line on the Continental Establishment & during the war & in the month of June A D 1783 was honorably discharged that from the time of his said enlistment until the time of his said discharge he continued in said service engaged against the common enemy that from time & accident his discharge is mislaid & lost that he is in his sixty eight year & that from his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support William Gardner

District of Connecticut ss Stamford
The 2 d day of April A D 1818
Personally appeared William Gardner above named & having been duly sworn on oath that the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed is true before me
Sam l W m Johnson Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County
District of Connecticut ss Stamford
The 2 d day of April A D 1818
Personally appeared Nokes Webb of New Britain in Said District before me Sam l W m Johnson of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County in Said District who being duly sworn deponeth & says that he is well acquainted with William Gardner signer of the foregoing declaration & that he now is & for many years now last past has been a resident Citizen of the United States in the District of Connecticut & that from his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for Support and that said Gardner served with the Connecticut in the company & Regiment afore said three years at the end of which time the deponent's term of service expired and that he left said Gardner in service and that said Gardner was a good soldier as he now believes that he was honorably Discharged at the close of the war Nokes Webb

(District of Connecticut ss Stamford the
2 day of April A 1818
I Samuel W Johnson Esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County in said District do Certify
That it is made to appear to my satisfaction that William Gardner the foregoing applicant served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as set forth in his said declaration. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court
Sam W Johnson

Copy of W m Gardner's Oath & Schedule
$51.75
8659
The Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Niagara in the State of New York within named is a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings & is also expressly made a court of Record by the Laws of the State of New York aforesaid.
J. Macwell Clerk of said Court
Sent to A. Konde Elmira, NY Nov 1. 1820

Copy.
District of New York } Tioga County ss. }
On the fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty personally appeared in open court in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Tioga the same being a Court of Record in and for the said County, William Gardner aged Seventy years, ten months and twenty two days, resident in the town of Elmira in the said County of Tioga, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit: in the fourth regiment commanded by Colonel John Durgee in Captain Andrew Fitch's Company in the Connecticut line, and that his original application for a pension bears date on the sixteenth day of April 1818 & that the number of his pension certificate is 8659: And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818: and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debt due to me: nor have I any income other than what is contained, in the Schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed
viz: One Orr in the possession of my wife: One old Mare; one old plough; One old set of Harness - One old Iron pot; One small Dish Kettle: One old broken Kettle Six Cups & Six Saucers: 6 plates, — Six Knives & Forks —
(Signed) William Gardner
And further, that I have a wife & six children aged as follows: viz: my wife forty two years and upwards: Matthias my Eldest son aged 28 years 5 months and 4 days, a poor man with whom I reside, George aged 15 years in August last.

Sally aged 12 years, 2 months, and one day, on the 5 th instant Elizabeth ten years about the first of July last: Perry aged 5 years in the month of April last: and John aged three years in the month of December last: That George, Sally & Elizabeth are placed out to work to support themselves: that Perry and John live with their mother, who by her labor with such charitable donations as are bestowed by her neighbors, supports herself and them: That my occupation is that of a labourer, but that by reason of my advanced age and inferior state of health I am unable to pursue the same — Sworn to & declared on the 6 th day (signed) William Gardner of September 1820 in Open Court before me Gamaliel H Barstow First Judge (signed)
State of New York Tria
County Clerks Office do } I Thomas Maxwell Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Tria do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule therin are truly copied from the records of the said Court: that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is Fifty one Dollars & seventy five Cents. Witness my hand & the Seal of the said Court this 9 th day of September 1820
Thos. Maxwell Clerk

II Margaret Gardner
Th. Maxwell agent Elmira N. Y.

State of New York
Chemung County } ss. Margaret Gardner of said county the widow of William Gardner late of said County deceased being duly sworn, says, in explanation of her former statement on her application for a pension and also in explanation of the statement made by her husband accompanying his Schedule in 1820 as the same is represented in a letter from the Com t of Pensions to H. W. Patrick Esq under date of Sep 8. 1849: That when her statement was made she was absent from the friends with whom she had passed the greater portion of her life, whose more extensive knowledge, memory & experience would have aided her in her details of dates, &c.; she is therefore apprehensive that a mistake may have occurred in the statement of her age, though she does not recollect what it was stated at in her declaration: but with the aid of comparisons with the ages of others who have been her associates for life, and have better education than herself (for in truth she has had no early advantages of education) she can now state that she was born in Lebanon, New London County Connecticut on the 5 th March 1778 (seventeen hundred seventy eight) and came with her parents at an early age to the County of Tioga (now Chemung) in the State of New York where she has ever since resided & now resides: That she was married to the said William Gard- ner in the month of December after she was fifteen years of age which must consequently have been in December 1793 (seventeen hundred ninety three): that the said William Gardner was then a widower having five children then living whose names and ages as near as she can remember were as follows: Polly between 13 & 14. Abner — " — 11 and 12 Wealthy — " — 9 and 10

Mattheus between 7 and 8
(2)
Stephen                      5 and 6.
That she is informed by the letter from the Com t of Pensions above referred to, that her husband stated her own age at that time to be forty two years, (which deducted from 1820 would leave 1778 as the time of her birth) which statement she has no doubt is correct: That he also stated the age of his son Mattheus to have been then 28 years. This is undoubtedly an error, as according to the recollection of the deponent, aided by the statements of John Sly this wife to whom the said Mattheus was bound, the said Mattheus must then have been 34 (thirty four) instead of 28, (twenty eight) as will appear by the affidavits of said Sly & this wife hereto annexed - She has taken much pains to enquire of her neighbors for fifty years past & by a comparison of their ages & her own as well as a comparison of the ages of their children & those of the said William Gardner, she has no doubt the statements here made are correct; or as nearly so as the lapse of time & failure of memory consequent thereupon will permit.
The marriage ceremony was performed by William Jenkins Esq then an acting magistrate of said County of Fife (now Chipping) and a near neighbour of the said William Gardner - The eldest daughter of the said William Gardner was taken by Mr John Sly, who brought her up at whose house she was married. The second son Mattheus was also taken by Mr Sly and brought up in his family - as will appear by the affidavits of himself & his wife hereto annexed. She has no family record nor has she any papers of her husband's in her possession.

every thing of that kind passed into the hands of the said Matthias, if any such existed; The said Matthias is now dead this family dispersed - The said William Gardner died according to the best of her recollection on the 16 th of November 1823 -
Sworn before me the 24 th Dec 1829 the said Margaret Gardner making her marks for want of education.
Margaret Gardner her X mark
William P. Kountz
Justice of the Peace of Chipping County

State of New York
Chemung County ss } Hannah Tubbs of Southport in the
said County aged eighty one years & upwards being duly sworn says that she will remember William Gardner the pensioner named in the annexed papers: that she also will remember his first wife and his second wife Margaret Hammond - She recollects perfectly when the marriage took place between said William Gardner & the said Margaret now his widow - The deponent was not present at the marriage, but her husband the late Libbeus Tubbs went to the wedding. The ceremony was performed by the late William Jenkins Esq then an acting magistrate of the County of Tioga (now Chemung) at the house of the said William Gardner but a few rods distant from her own residence - From her own recollection & the ages of her children she has no doubt the marriage took place in the fall of seventeen hundred ninety three - The deponent has always lived in the same neighborhood with said Gardner and she said Margaret & the said Gardner lived together as husband & wife & she has never heard the marriage disputed or questioned.
The deponent recollects her own marriage to have taken place in March 1791 and the said Gardner & Margaret were married the second fall thereafter
the said Margaret was then less than sixteen years of age - from before me Dec 10 th 1849 the said Hannah being in my
opinion credible & disinterested witness
E Campbelle J. P. Pean
Hannah
her mark Tubbs

Chemung County ss Archibald Jenkins of Elmira in said County being sworn says that the late William Jenkins of Southport was an uncle of the deponent: that he spent the early portion of his life in his family - That he was for many years an acting Magistrate and as early as 1793; he has seen him marry many couples; and has frequently heard him say that he married William Gaidner to Margaret Hammond mentioned in the annexed papers - The deponent is one of the Executors of the said William Jenkins and is familiar with his papers and has had occasion to examine them with care and has never seen a record of marriages among them. He is of opinion that he kept no such record - The deponent's age is fifty seven years & upwards -
Sworn before me
Archibald Jenkins
The 12 December 1849
The said Archibald Jenkins being in my opinion a credible & disinterested witness
Thos Spalding Justice of the Peace Chemung Co
I William T. Jackson the member of Congress from the District in the State of New York of which Chemung County is a part do certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Archibald Jenkins: that he is in my opinion a man of truth & veracity, & that his statements are entitled to full faith & credit -
W. T. Jackson

State of New York
Chemung County } ss. John Sly of Southport in the County of Chemung aged Eighty one years upwards being duly sworn says that he came to reside in the now town of Southport in the year 1792: that William Gardner mentioned in the foregoing papers then lived in the neighborhood with his first wife. He well recollects the death of his first wife & his subsequent marriage with Margaret his present widow as they lived but a little distance from the deponent He understood at the time & has always believed since that they were married by William Jenkins Esq. then an acting Magistrate in the neighborhood. Not long after Gardner's second marriage the deponent took the daughter of said Gardner by the first wife (Polly) & brought her up & she was married at deponent's house to Samuel Miller. He afterwards took Matthias the son of said William Gardner to live with him until he should become of age. The indenture by which he was bound he cannot now find. but well recollects that he was eleven years of age when he came to live with him which by refer- ence to papers in his possession, must have been in the year 1797. & consequently his birth must have been in 1786. So that in 1820 when his father made his declara- tion, he must have been 34 years instead of 28 as the deponent has been informed he represented it to be. He will remember that at the date of the lease from Michael Sly to James Mahab which is March 1797, the said Matthias was living with the deponent: The lease aforesaid is hereto annexed.
The said William Gardner lived for many years after his marriage with said Margaret (who is yet living & a widow) on the deponent's land, and he never heard their marriage doubted or questioned. The said Matthias also lived on the deponent's land several years after the expiration of his servitude with the deponent. The said Michael Sly was the deponent's father. The deponent settled up his father's business after his death & consequently the lease remained with other papers in his possession. Sworn before me Decr. 12 th 1849. John Sly (5)
E. Canfield J. Pease

(6) Channing County ss. Polly Sly the wife of John Sly, the deponent above named aged seventy one years being duly sworn says that she knew William Gardner above named before his second marriage he having always lived in the neighborhood until his death, from 1792 or thereabouts. She recollects hearing of the marriage which took place in the neighborhood, & was said to have been solemnized by W m Jenkins then a magistrate of the town. She has never heard the legality of the same disputed or questioned & they lived together as husband & wife until the death of the said William Gardner.
The son of said Gardner, (Matthias) came to live with the family of deponent when her daughter Hannah was an infant who was born in 1797. Polly the elder sister of the said Matthias came to reside with her family some time previous, but she cannot state the precise period - she concurs with her husband in the statement that the said Matthias was eleven years of age when he came to reside with their family.
Sworn before me
12 th Dec r 1829
E. Canfield J. P. Am. Polly X Sly her mark

Michael Sly To James Mahab
March 27 th 1797
1820  28 1792
1820  34 1786
1825  29 1796
1786 11
51 53 28
20 1806
34
Mal married in 1806 lived 20
Then to Ann... — 2
Then sold — 3
1825
P

The year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety Seven and State of New York farmer of the first part and second Part Witnesseth that the said Michael Sly for and in the mentioned With Grant, Bargained and So farm letter It unto the said James Wakab his heirs and assigns all situate at New Loun in the said County of Seaga - as shown unto Notary or in anywise appertaining at New Loun on the West side of the River fronting the Westerly Bound of said lot to the Westerly line of the Down the River to the Place of beginning for the full April next from thence next ensuing and fully paying one flat & one small craft sufficient for the ac- for yearly and every year during the continuance of this lease year during the continuance of the said term of three years full term aforesaid shall be fully completed and ended administration of assigns both farther agree to and with the said Michael Sly his heirs and assigns will pay for all Repairs made to the new dwelling house the said lot or cause to be erected on the premises for the furtherance said term of three years aforesaid the said James his heirs executors administrators or assigns that the premises will freely quietly and peaceably deliver up to cast let molestation or hindrance or any other delay agrees to interchangeably let their hand and seal
his Michael Sly Mark
his shall be no waste of for the firewood and the premises only - not sell his lease to at Resusal to the said
James Wakab

This Indenture Made the Twenty ninth day of March in the Seventh Between Michael Sly of New Town in the County of James Wakab of the Town County and State aforesaid of the one Conseparation of the Rents and Reservations herein after and by these Presents doth Grant Bargain and So farm all and Singular that certain tract piece or parcel of aforesaid together with all and singular the appurtenances and Bounded as follows, Beginning at the lower land along the Road leading up Sully's Creek to the South along said line to the Bank of the River Northerly the Term of three years to commence from the first day to be Compleat and Ended, Including the ferry, and land accomodation of said ferry - Yielding and paying the the sum of sixty five pounds (to be paid yearly and every aforesaid) on the first day of April in every year until and the said Michael Sly for him self his heirs Executors the said James Wakab his heirs and assigns that or allow the said James Wakab his heirs and assigns Wakab now dwells in , or any new buildings he shall and Betterment thereof, and at the expiration of the Wakab engages to land with the said Michael Sly above Granted and hereby leased and described for the said Michael his heirs and assigns without the as they now are. In Witness whereof the Parties to these Presents have the day and Year first above Written
Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of -
In o : Chamberlain
Mr. Miller
No. 13. The parties further agree, that Timber made, except what is used on Rails &c to be appropriated to the use agreed also that the said Wahab shall pay person until after giving the bond Michael Sly;

111 92 111 111 196 6,21
Maynet Gardner Revocation of Power

To the Com d . of Pensions.
I hereby revoke all power heretofore conferred either directly or indirectly by me in H. W. Patrick Esq of Athens Pa or any other person concerning my application for a pension to the War Department and hereby declare Thomas Madwell of Elmira N.Y. to be my sole and only agent in presenting said application thereby request that he may be recognised as such at the War Department.
Dated Elmira N.Y. Nov. 13 th 1849
In presence of Thos S Spalding John Wannly
her Margaret Gardner mark
Chemung County ss. On the 13 th day of November 1849 before me personally appeared Margaret Gardner & duly acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her act & deed for the purposes therein mentioned. - and I further certify, that the said Margaret Gardner makes her mark for want of an Early Education.
Thos S Spalding Justice of the Peace Chemung Co

State of New York Chemung County } Elmira Decem 24 1849 Clerks office }
I, Green M'Intire Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William P. Ronkle, Ezra Canfield and Thomas S. Spalding Enquiries before whom the foregoing affidavits were made near when the same severally bear date each tenancy of them, Justices of the peace of the said County duly qualified & that their several signatures above subscribed are genuine — Witness my hand & Seal of Office the day & year above mentioned — Green M'Intire Clerk